Brief Life History of Roger William
When Roger William Powell was born on 2 January 1946, in McAllen, Hidalgo, Texas, United States, his father, Thomas Fredrick Powell Jr., was 23 and his mother, Gertruda Tillie Gawlik, was 18. He lived in United States in 1949 and Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, United States in 1950. He died on 8 April 2020, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery, Mission, Hidalgo, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Roger W Powell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Roger William Powell, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
- Roger W Powell, "Texas Marriages, 1966-2010"
Parents and Siblings
1922–1979 Male
1927–1999 Female
Siblings (1)
1946–2020 Male
World Events (8)
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
Age 1
1964 · The Freedom Summer Murders
Age 18
1966 · The Freedom of Information Act
Age 20
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).
Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).
English: variant of Paul or Poole .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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